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Early Reviews: Transformers, X3 & More

By Garth Franklin Sunday May 21st 2006 10:05PM

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X-Men: The Last Stand "Does it succeed? Mostly yes, and partly no, depending on who you ask? Director Brett Ratner really managed to make this film more action-packed, and epic in scope. I enjoyed Bryan Singer's X-Men films, but there was always something I felt was missing. He would always get the drama aspect of the films right, but in terms of action, it always felt flat. Not here. X3 got the 'Fantastic Four' approach, in terms of action (that's not a negative). If you can forgive about 30 percent of the film, the product as a whole really works, and is a fitting chapter in the X-Men saga. It's better than the first X-Men, and is mostly on par with X2. I loved X2 more for the overall storyline and dramatics, but I love X3 more for the action, and shocking moments..." (full review)

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